Farscape s01e11: Till the Blood Runs Clear

Season

Season 1^[2]

Episode number

Episode 11^[2]

First aired (United States)

9 July 1999^[2]

First aired (United Kingdom)

28 February 2000^[2]

Production code

10111^[2]

Writer

Douglas Heyes, Jr.^[2]

Director

Tony Tilse^[2]

Rights holder upload title

The Blood Runs Clear^[1]

Upload published

6 September 2024^[1]

What happens in "Till the Blood Runs Clear"?

The episode opens with the crew of Moya discussing new components for the ship and complaining about communication problems caused by the shadow of a nearby planet.^[4] Recording a message, John Crichton explains that he believes a solar flare, combined with a slingshot maneuver, opened the wormhole that first carried him to this region of space.^[4] Crichton and Aeryn Sun take the module down to the planet for repairs, but their slingshot maneuver is caught by an unstable wormhole and they narrowly avoid destroying Farscape-1.^[4][1]

Once in the planet's atmosphere, the crew detects a plasma leak on the starboard propulsor and decides to isolate the module in the maintenance bay while they patch it.^[4] Crichton and Aeryn land and hire Furlow to repair the craft, but a planetary shadow keeps them from signaling Moya directly.^[4] Solar flares strike the planet regularly every 4.8 cycles, about five years, and the next one is due soon.^[4]

Captain Bialar Crais broadcasts a wanted beacon on the planet, offering a reward for the recapture of three escaped Peacekeeper prisoners.^[4] Realizing that returning to Moya would expose the crew to pursuit, Crichton and Aeryn decide to pose as bounty hunters so they can remain on the planet until the module is repaired.^[4]

Vorcarian Blood Trackers Rorf and Rorg reach the planet to collect the Peacekeeper bounty, and the bounty-hunter cover forces Crichton and Aeryn into a tense double game as they try to stay one step ahead of both the trackers and the Peacekeepers.^[2]

0:00 Till the Blood Runs Clear The episode as published by the rights holder, from the start.

Memorable quotes

“I am no one's female”13:19

“5 years from now I'll be waiting for you at the end of that Wormhole you remember”46:38

In the episode

2:30 A wormhole opens before the ship An unstable wormhole materializes and pulls the ship toward it as the crew calls for evasive action.

6:31 Pilot refuses to bring the module aboard Moya refuses to risk her unborn child, forcing the crew to seek help on the planet for the leaking module.

9:11 Crichton and Aeryn meet Furlow A primitive-looking mechanic named Furlow agrees to assess the damaged module while the solar flares still last.

12:00 A Peacekeeper bounty broadcast arrives Captain Bolar CCE broadcasts a wanted notice naming D'Argo, Zhaan, and Rygel and offering a reward for their capture.

13:34 Volaran bounty hunters confront the crew Two blood trackers called Butch and Sundance hold Aeryn at gunpoint and demand to know about the fugitives.

18:32 Aeryn pretends to submit to D'Argo Aeryn explains her plan to pose as D'Argo's mate, drawing on memories of pack behavior to convince the hunters.

22:38 Furlow tries to buy the module Furlow offers scrap value for the module and reveals she has noticed distortions suggesting proximity to a wormhole.

25:46 The hunters torture D'Argo The Volarans cut into D'Argo while interrogating him about the other fugitives, with Crais pressing them to keep him alive.

30:30 Furlow sabotages the flight recorder Aeryn catches Furlow tampering with the module's systems and throws her out in a fight.

33:04 Zhaan emerges renewed and nude Pilot reports that Zhaan has absorbed the solar flares and is now unclothed, while D'Argo has been captured by bounty hunters.

36:32 D'Argo and Crichton argue fiercely Crichton and D'Argo trade insults after D'Argo's rescue, debating loyalty and whether they can ever be allies.

42:03 Bolar withdraws the bounty Captain Bolar announces the Peacekeeper carrier has been recalled and the reward for the fugitives is officially canceled.

45:00 Crichton trades wormhole data for repairs Crichton negotiates with Furlow, agreeing to hand over his wormhole research in exchange for settling her bill and fixing the module.

Air date, credits and where to watch

The episode was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2000; its production code is 10111, its writer Douglas Heyes, Jr. and its director Tony Tilse.^[2] It sits early in season 1, in the stretch of the run in which the Moya crew remain fugitives from the Peacekeepers, and is one of several episodes that develop the partnership between Crichton and Aeryn.^[3]

The episode can be watched here because the rights holder published it on its own YouTube channel, named Farscape, on 6 September 2024.^[1] The upload is titled "The Blood Runs Clear", while the episode list gives the episode's title as "Till the Blood Runs Clear".^[1][2]